wetland

C4013
concept

A wetland is a transitional ecosystem between terrestrial and aquatic environments characterized by saturated soils, standing or slow-moving water, and vegetation adapted to waterlogged conditions.

All labels observed (123)

Label Occurrences
wetland canonical 408
coastal wetland 105
Ramsar site 70

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: wetland
Generated description
A wetland is a transitional ecosystem between terrestrial and aquatic environments characterized by saturated soils, standing or slow-moving water, and vegetation adapted to waterlogged conditions.

Instances (908)

Instance Via concept surface
Dead Marshes marsh
the Fen of Serech
surface form: Fen of Serech
marsh
Fens of Sirion marshland
Great Swamp (Rhode Island)
Butte Sink Wildlife Management Area
Lonjsko Polje Nature Park
Delevan National Wildlife Refuge
Rumney Marsh Reservation salt marsh
Reserva Biológica Limoncocha Ramsar site
Zapata Peninsula wetland region
Ciénaga de Zapata
Hohes Venn peat bog
Santay Island Ramsar site
Sutter National Wildlife Refuge
Lake Dojran
Prairie Pothole Region wetland region
Gwydir Wetlands Ramsar site Ramsar site
Simeto Oasis
Millstream wetlands wetland complex
Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve
Reserva Natural do Estuário do Tejo
Nyabarongo wetlands riverine wetland
Necedah National Wildlife Refuge
Los Petenes Biosphere Reserve Ramsar site
Llanfairfechan saltmarsh salt marsh
Parry Lagoons Nature Reserve
Marglu Billabong
Traeth Lafan intertidal mudflat
Lake Ichkeul
Leschenault Estuary system wetland complex
Hautes Fagnes nature reserve peat bog
Vendicari Nature Reserve
Laguna de Santa Rosa watershed wetland system
Keyhaven Marshes coastal wetland
Bang Pu mangrove forest mangrove forest
Connecticut River estuary tidal wetland complex
Aveley Marshes
Samish Flats coastal wetland
Great Marsh swamp
Pamet River estuary coastal wetland
Pechora River delta wetland complex
Selenga River delta
Weerribben-Wieden National Park
Glaslyn Marshes coastal wetland
Neponset River estuary coastal wetland
Black River Morass
Kushiro Wetlands
Lewes Brooks
Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary
Peconic Estuary system wetland complex